Howard Jacobson, Witchsmeller Pursuivant Archived Message Posted by Morrissey on January 19, 2020, 10:49 am Howard Jacobson: Let's see the 'criticism' of Israel for what it really is Emotions have run high over recent events in Gaza. And in this impassioned and searching essay, our writer argues that just below the surface runs a vicious strain of ancient prejudice Howard Jacobson @Independent Wednesday 18 February 2009 01:00 I was once in Melbourne when bush fires were raging 20 or 30 miles north of the city. Even from that distance you could smell the burning. Fine fragments of ash, like slivers of charcoal confetti, covered the pavements. The very air was charred. It has been the same here these past couple of months with the fighting in Gaza. Only the air has been charred not with devastation but with hatred. And I don’t mean the hatred of the warring parties for each other. I mean the hatred of Israel expressed in our streets, on our campuses, in our newspapers, on our radios and televisions, and now in our theatres. A discriminatory, over-and-above hatred, inexplicable in its hysteria and virulence whatever justification is adduced for it; an unreasoning, deranged and as far as I can see irreversible revulsion that is poisoning everything we are supposed to believe in here – the free exchange of opinions, the clear-headedness of thinkers and teachers, the fine tracery of social interdependence we call community relations, modernity of outlook, tolerance, truth. You can taste the toxins on your tongue. ad nauseam... https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/commentators/howard-jacobson/howard-jacobson-letrsquos-see-the-criticism-of-israel-for-what-it-really-is-1624827.html Message Thread: Howard Jacobson, Witchsmeller Pursuivant - Morrissey January 19, 2020, 10:49 am Another failure going on the game with the zionist antisemites - Keith-264 January 19, 2020, 4:21 pm Mr. Magoo .. - Shyaku January 19, 2020, 5:49 pm Haven't read it, but I suppose he doesn't dwell on the long roster of appalling crimes which make - Rhisiart Gwilym January 19, 2020, 6:52 pm Re: Haven't read it, but I suppose he doesn't dwell on the long roster of appalling crimes which make - Gerard January 19, 2020, 7:32 pm Re: Haven't read it, but I suppose he doesn't dwell on the long roster of appalling crimes which make - Gerard January 19, 2020, 7:38 pm   Searching